[Intro]
Ash in the lungs
Smoke in the womb
We drew the maps
That became our tomb
[Verse 1]
Skies turn to rust as the towers collapse
Thrones made of contracts and data and ash
They counted their coins while the coastlines cracked
Now the water climbs up and it never looks back
Mouths full of profit, eyes full of fire
Feeding the furnace, higher, higher
We signed our names in a river of oil
Kissed by the flame as it poisons the soil
[Pre-Chorus]
Can you taste it?
Metal on your tongue
Can you face it?
Every lie you spun
[Chorus]
We are the children of cinder (children of cinder)
Dragged from the embers you made
While you beg to your broken heavens
We’re pulling you back through the flame
We are the children of cinder (children of cinder)
Hands made of smoke and coal
You built your kingdom on our bodies
Now we’re here to claim your soul
[Verse 2]
Cathedrals of plastic float in the tide
Prayers on the screen as the servers ignite
You folded your hands when the forests died
Now you claw at the earth for a place to hide
“Save us, save us”
Cry of the kings
Knees in the ash
Clutching their rings
You bartered the air
You auctioned the rain
Now breathe in the debt
Choke on the gain
[Pre-Drop]
You lit the match
Now swallow the sun
No heaven left
Your hell has begun
[Breakdown]
Bite the dirt
Taste the greed
Every dollar is another disease
(Down, down)
Hands from the pyre
Drag you deep
Hear them sing as your idols sleep
[Beatdown]
No more mercy
Just the flame
Every promise
Every name
Branded, burning
Bridges gone
Hear the cinder-choir
Sing you wrong
[Chorus]
We are the children of cinder (children of cinder)
Dragged from the embers you made
While you beg to your broken heavens
We’re pulling you back through the flame
We are the children of cinder (children of cinder)
Hands made of smoke and coal
You built your kingdom on our bodies
Now we’re here to claim your soul
[Outro]
Ash in the lungs
Smoke in the womb
You wrote the ending
We just read the doom (children of cinder)